Homer's Iliad
Subtitle: a commentary on the translation of Richmond Lattimore
By: Norman Postlethwaite.
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Exeter, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Homer; Lattimore, Richmond Alexander, 1906- -- Knowledge -- Language and languages; Translating and interpreting -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English -- History and criticism; Greek language -- Translating into English -- History; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature; Trojan War -- Literature and the war
Description: "This book introduces the general reader, as well as the student of Classics, to the Iliad of Homer, the earliest work of European literature and one of its greatest masterpieces. This new commentary offers the background which readers of the poem in English need in order to understand its detail of story and characters. It provides a line-by-line guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured the enduring popularity of the Iliad since its composition in 750 BC."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.